GRE Word List

ENIGMA

something hard to understand or explain

The meaning of the word enigma is something hard to understand or explain.

Random words

WordMeaning
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
rampa sloping way or plane: such as
derivativea word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
serpentineof or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
disbandto break up the organization of : dissolve
disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
zealota zealous person
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased